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Give Me Back My World (2025)
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Nuclear Age emerged from Rancho Cucamonga, California in 2014, forging a punishing blend of death and thrash metal that channels the genre's most ferocious traditions. Their sound favors relentless speed and a raw, uncompromising edge, placing them squarely in the Southern California extreme metal underground. Over a decade in, they remain active and unrepentant.
Nuclear Antichrist is a death/thrash metal band from Seville, active since 2018. The band delivers apocalyptic extremity from the Andalusian capital.
Nuclear Death is a death metal band from Siemianowice Śląskie in Upper Silesia, Poland, formed in 2021. They deliver atomic-level devastation from the Silesian conurbation.
Enschede death metal act formed in 2017, delivering brutal extremity from the eastern Netherlands. Their punishing approach channels the weight of old-school death metal traditions.
Istanbul black/death metal and noise project formed in 2023, channeling bestial extremity and sonic chaos. Their confrontational approach pushes extreme metal to its most abrasive limits.
Nuclear Holocaust is a death metal and grindcore band from Świdnik, Poland, active since 2015. They bring apocalyptic extremity from this Lublin voivodeship town.
Nuclear Magick is a black/death/doom metal band from the Essen-Bochum area of the Ruhr Valley, active since 2010. The band fuses three strains of extreme metal with occult themes from the industrial heartland.
Nuclear Monarch is a doom/death metal band from Tallinn, Estonia, active since 2016. The band delivers regal doom-death from the medieval capital of the northernmost Baltic state.
Nuclear Season is a death metal band from Dalsland, Sweden, formed in 2019. The band channels raw death metal from the sparsely populated western Swedish landscape.
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